Body cleansing accessory

ABSTRACT

A body cleaning accessory, including a handle unit, including a handle body to facilitate gripping thereof, a plurality of attachment receiving ends disposed on at least a portion of an end of the handle body, and a plurality of tab receiving grooves, each of the plurality of tab receiving grooves disposed on at least a portion of the plurality of attachment receiving ends, and a cleaning attachment unit removably connected to at least a portion of at least one of the handle body and the plurality of attachment receiving ends to facilitate cleaning of an external surface.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority under 35 USC § 120 from U.S.Provisional Application No. 63/313,922, entitled “Body CleaningAccessory,” which was filed on Feb. 25, 2022, in the United StatesPatent and Trademark Office, the disclosure of which is incorporatedherein in its entirety by reference.

BACKGROUND 1. Field

The present general inventive concept relates generally to a cleaningaccessory, and particularly, to a body cleansing accessory.

2. Description of the Related Art

During a shower and/or a bath, certain parts of a body, such as a back,are easy to miss and are often left unwashed. The ability to clean thesehard-to-reach areas is important to maintain proper hygiene. Moreover,leaving the body unclean can lead to development of acne and/orexacerbate existing skin conditions, such as psoriasis, dermatitis,and/or eczema.

Many shower accessories don't allow easy access to the back. Althoughsponges and/or loofahs facilitate cleaning, these accessories still relyon direct hand contact to reach the body. Also, the usual showeraccessory is limited to one type.

Therefore, there is a need for a body cleansing accessory that can beadjusted based on the cleaning and/or activity.

SUMMARY

The present general inventive concept provides a body cleansingaccessory.

Additional features and utilities of the present general inventiveconcept will be set forth in part in the description which follows and,in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned bypractice of the general inventive concept.

The foregoing and/or other features and utilities of the present generalinventive concept may be achieved by providing a body cleaningaccessory, including a handle unit, including a handle body tofacilitate gripping thereof, a plurality of attachment receiving endsdisposed on at least a portion of an end of the handle body, and aplurality of tab receiving grooves, each of the plurality of tabreceiving grooves disposed on at least a portion of the plurality ofattachment receiving ends, and a cleaning attachment unit removablyconnected to at least a portion of at least one of the handle body andthe plurality of attachment receiving ends to facilitate cleaning of anexternal surface.

The cleaning attachment unit may include an attachment body, and acleaning surface disposed on at least a portion of the attachment bodyto scrub the external surface in response to moving against the externalsurface.

The cleaning attachment unit may further include a plurality ofconnection tabs disposed on at least a portion of the attachment body toinsert into the plurality of tab receiving grooves in response torotating the attachment body in a first rotating direction or a secondrotating direction.

The body cleaning accessory may further include a threaded connectordisposed on at least a portion of the handle body to threadably receivethe cleaning attachment unit thereon.

The cleaning attachment unit may connect to the plurality of tabreceiving grooves while being rotated on the threaded connector.

The body cleaning accessory may further include a liquid containerdisposed within at least a portion of the cleaning attachment unit todispense a liquid therefrom in response to being depressed against theexternal surface.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and/or other features and utilities of the present generallyinventive concept will become apparent and more readily appreciated fromthe following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a side perspective view of a body cleansingaccessory, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present generalinventive concept;

FIG. 2 illustrates a zoomed in view of a cleaning attachment unit,according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventiveconcept; and

FIG. 3 illustrates a zoomed in view of a plurality of attachment units,according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventiveconcept.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various example embodiments (a.k.a., exemplary embodiments) will now bedescribed more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings inwhich some example embodiments are illustrated. In the figures, thethicknesses of lines, layers and/or regions may be exaggerated forclarity.

Accordingly, while example embodiments are capable of variousmodifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are shown byway of example in the figures and will herein be described in detail. Itshould be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit exampleembodiments to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary,example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, andalternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure. Like numbersrefer to like/similar elements throughout the detailed description.

It is understood that when an element is referred to as being“connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directlyconnected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may bepresent. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directlyconnected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are nointervening elements present. Other words used to describe therelationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion(e.g., “between” versus “directly between,” “adjacent” versus “directlyadjacent,” etc.).

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particularembodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of exampleembodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” areintended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearlyindicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms“comprises,” “comprising,” “includes” and/or “including,” when usedherein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps,operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presenceor addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations,elements, components and/or groups thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientificterms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by oneof ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. Itwill be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonlyused dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that isconsistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art.However, should the present disclosure give a specific meaning to a termdeviating from a meaning commonly understood by one of ordinary skill,this meaning is to be taken into account in the specific context thisdefinition is given herein.

LIST OF COMPONENTS

-   Body Cleansing Accessory 100-   Handle Unit 110-   Handle Body 111-   Indented Grooves 112-   Aperture 113-   Attachment Receiving Ends 114-   Tab Receiving Grooves 115-   Cleaning Attachment Unit 120-   Attachment Body 121-   Cleaning Surface 122-   Bristles 123-   Connection Tabs 124-   Connector Receiving Aperture 125-   Threaded Connector 130-   Liquid Container 140-   Net 200-   Cleaning Attachment Unit 320-   Cleaning Attachment Unit 420-   Cleaning Attachment Unit 520

FIG. 1 illustrates a side perspective view of a body cleansing accessory100, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present generalinventive concept.

FIG. 2 illustrates a zoomed in view of a cleaning attachment unit 120,according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventiveconcept.

The body cleansing accessory 100 may be constructed from at least one ofmetal, plastic, wood, and rubber, etc., but is not limited thereto.

The body cleansing accessory 100 may include a handle unit 110, acleaning attachment unit 120, a threaded connector 130, and a liquidcontainer 140, but is not limited thereto.

The handle unit 110 may include a handle body 111, a plurality ofindented grooves 112, an aperture 113, a plurality of attachmentreceiving ends 114, and a plurality of tab receiving grooves 115, but isnot limited thereto.

The handle body 111 may be constructed of bamboo. The handle body 111may have an elongate shape. As such, the handle body 111 may facilitatereaching hard to reach areas of a body of a user due to the elongateshape. Also, the handle body 111 may at least partially deform (i.e.,bend, stretch, expand) in response to an application of force (e.g.,pushing, pulling) thereto. However, the handle body 111 may return toits original shape in response to another application of force.

The plurality of indented grooves 112 may be disposed on at least aportion of a first end of the handle body 111. The plurality of indentedgrooves 112 may facilitate gripping thereof.

The aperture 113 may be disposed on and/or within at least a portion ofthe first end of the handle body 111. The aperture 113 may receive anexternal object therein, such as a hook, a chain, a cord, a wire, arope, a string, etc. As such, the aperture 113 may receive the externalobject therein to suspend the handle body 111 therefrom. Accordingly,the handle body 111 may hang from the external object for storage.

The plurality of attachment receiving ends 114 may be disposed on atleast a portion of a second end of the handle body 111 opposite withrespect to the first end. Moreover, a first of the plurality ofattachment receiving ends 114 may curve away from the handle body 111with respect to a first direction. Similarly, a second of the pluralityof attachment receiving ends 114 may curve away from the handle body 111with respect to a second direction opposite with respect to the firstdirection. Additionally, the plurality of attachment receiving ends 114may form a U-shape therebetween.

Each of the plurality of tab receiving grooves 115 may be disposed on atleast a portion of the plurality of attachment receiving ends 114. Morespecifically, a first of the plurality of tab receiving grooves 115 maybe disposed on at least a portion of the first of the plurality ofattachment receiving ends 114 on a first side of the handle body 111.Similarly, a second of the plurality of tab receiving grooves 115 may bedisposed on at least a portion of the second of the plurality ofattachment receiving ends 114. However, the second of the plurality oftab receiving grooves 115 may be disposed on at least a portion of thesecond side of the handle body 111 opposite with respect to the firstside of the handle body 111. For example, the first of the plurality oftab receiving grooves 115 may be disposed on a front side of the handlebody 111, and the second of the plurality of tab receiving grooves 115may be disposed on a rear side of the handle body 111.

The cleaning attachment unit 120 may be constructed of biodegradablematerial, such as wood and/or recycled material.

The cleaning attachment unit 120 may include an attachment body 121, acleaning surface 122, a plurality of bristles 123, a plurality ofconnection tabs 124, and a connector receiving aperture 125, but is notlimited thereto.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , the attachment body 121 is illustrated tohave an oval shape. However, the attachment body 121 may be arectangular prism, circular, spherical, cylindrical, triangular,pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, or any other shape knownto one of ordinary skill in the art.

The attachment body 121 may be removably connected to at least a portionof the handle body 111 and/or the plurality of attachment receiving ends114.

The cleaning surface 122 may include a sponge, a loofah, and a brush,but is not limited thereto.

The cleaning surface 122 may be disposed on at least a portion of acenter of the attachment body 121. The cleaning surface 122 may scruband/or brush an external surface (e.g., body, skin) in response tomoving the cleaning surface 122 against the external surface.

Each of the plurality of bristles 123 may include a soft bristle, amedium bristle, and a hard bristle, but is not limited thereto. The softbristle may be softer than the medium bristle and the medium bristle maybe softer than the hard bristle. As such, a type of each of theplurality of bristles 123 may be based on a preference of a user and/ora manufacturer.

The plurality of bristles 123 may be disposed on at least a portion ofthe cleaning surface 122. The plurality of bristles 123 may facilitatecleaning and/or scrubbing of the external surface.

The plurality of connection tabs 124 may be disposed on at least aportion of the attachment body 121. More specifically, a first of theplurality of connection tabs 124 may be disposed on at least a portionof a first side of the attachment body 121. Conversely, a second of theplurality of connection tabs 124 may be disposed on at least a portionof the second side of the attachment body 121. It is important to notethat the plurality of connection tabs 124 may protrude away from theattachment body 121.

Each of the plurality of connection tabs 124 may be inserted into atleast one of the plurality of tab receiving grooves 115. In other words,the plurality of connection tabs 124 may correspond to the plurality oftab receiving grooves 115. Moreover, the plurality of connection tabs124 may be inserted into the plurality of tab receiving grooves 115 inresponse to rotating the attachment body 121 in a first rotatingdirection (i.e. clockwise) or a second rotating direction (i.e.counterclockwise) due to positions of the plurality of tab receivinggrooves 115 as described above.

The connector receiving aperture 125 may be disposed within at least aportion of a vertex of the attachment body 121.

The threaded connector 130 may include a plurality of threads, but isnot limited thereto.

The threaded connector 130 may be disposed on at least a portion of thesecond end of the handle body 111 between each of the plurality ofattachment receiving ends 114. The threaded connector 130 may threadablyreceive the connector receiving aperture 125 thereon. In other words,the connector receiving aperture 125 may have a plurality of groovestherein corresponding to the plurality of threads on the threadedconnector 130. Moreover, the threaded connector 130 may be oriented suchthat moving (i.e., rotating) the attachment body 121 on to the threadedconnector 130, connects the plurality of connection tabs 124 into theplurality of tab receiving grooves 115. As such, the threaded connector130 and/or the plurality of tab receiving grooves 115 may prevent theattachment body 121 from being removed while the threaded connector 130is threadably connected to the connector receiving aperture 125 and/orthe plurality of connection tabs 124 are inserted within the pluralityof tab receiving grooves 115.

The liquid container 140 may be disposed within at least a portion ofthe attachment body 121 and/or the cleaning surface 122. The liquidcontainer 140 may store a liquid therein. For example, the liquidcontainer 140 may store a lotion, a cream, a sunscreen, an aloe, and abiofreeze (i.e., pain relief solution) therein. Moreover, the liquidcontainer 140 may dispense the liquid through the cleaning surface 122and/or the plurality of bristles 123 in response to depressing thecleaning surface 122 and/or the plurality of bristles against theexternal surface. As such, the liquid container 140 may provide theliquid to facilitate use of the liquid for cleaning, skin protection,and/or pain relief.

The net 200 may be a storage container. The net 200 may receive the bodycleansing accessory therein.

FIG. 3 illustrates a zoomed in view of a plurality of attachment units,according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventiveconcept.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the attachment unit 320, the attachment unit 420,and/or the attachment unit 520 may replace by removing the attachmentunit 120 and/or each other to be exchanged. In other words, the handlebody 111 may receive other attachment units for use, such as for otherfamily members. Thus, the attachment unit 320, the attachment unit 420,and/or the attachment unit 520 may be removably connected to the handlebody 111.

Therefore, the body cleansing accessory 100 may be used to reach hard toreach areas of the body of the user. Also, the body cleansing accessory100 may be used by different users due to having removable attachments.

The present general inventive concept may include a body cleaningaccessory 100, including a handle unit 110, including a handle body 111to facilitate gripping thereof, a plurality of attachment receiving ends114 disposed on at least a portion of an end of the handle body 111, anda plurality of tab receiving grooves 115, each of the plurality of tabreceiving grooves 115 disposed on at least a portion of the plurality ofattachment receiving ends 114, and a cleaning attachment unit 120removably connected to at least a portion of at least one of the handlebody 111 and the plurality of attachment receiving ends 114 tofacilitate cleaning of an external surface.

The cleaning attachment unit 120 may include an attachment body 121, anda cleaning surface 122 disposed on at least a portion of the attachmentbody 121 to scrub the external surface in response to moving against theexternal surface.

The cleaning attachment unit 120 may further include a plurality ofconnection tabs 124 disposed on at least a portion of the attachmentbody 121 to insert into the plurality of tab receiving grooves 115 inresponse to rotating the attachment body 121 in a first rotatingdirection or a second rotating direction.

The body cleaning accessory 100 may further include a threaded connector130 disposed on at least a portion of the handle body 111 to threadablyreceive the cleaning attachment unit 120 thereon.

The cleaning attachment unit 120 may connect to the plurality of tabreceiving grooves 115 while being rotated on the threaded connector 130.

The body cleaning accessory 100 may further include a liquid container140 disposed within at least a portion of the cleaning attachment unit120 to dispense a liquid therefrom in response to being depressedagainst the external surface.

Although a few embodiments of the present general inventive concept havebeen shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in theart that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing fromthe principles and spirit of the general inventive concept, the scope ofwhich is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

1. A body cleaning accessory, comprising: a handle unit, comprising: ahandle body to facilitate gripping thereof, a plurality of attachmentreceiving ends disposed on at least a portion of an end of the handlebody, and a plurality of tab receiving grooves, each of the plurality oftab receiving grooves disposed on at least a portion of the plurality ofattachment receiving ends; and a cleaning attachment unit removablyconnected to at least a portion of at least one of the handle body andthe plurality of attachment receiving ends to facilitate cleaning of anexternal surface.
 2. The body cleaning accessory of claim 1, wherein thecleaning attachment unit comprises: an attachment body; and a cleaningsurface disposed on at least a portion of the attachment body to scrubthe external surface in response to moving against the external surface.3. The body cleaning accessory of claim 2, wherein the cleaningattachment unit further comprises: a plurality of connection tabsdisposed on at least a portion of the attachment body to insert into theplurality of tab receiving grooves in response to rotating theattachment body in a first rotating direction or a second rotatingdirection.
 4. The body cleaning accessory of claim 1, furthercomprising: a threaded connector disposed on at least a portion of thehandle body to threadably receive the cleaning attachment unit thereon.5. The body cleaning accessory of claim 4, wherein the cleaningattachment unit connects to the plurality of tab receiving grooves whilebeing rotated on the threaded connector.
 6. The body cleaning accessoryof claim 1, further comprising: a liquid container disposed within atleast a portion of the cleaning attachment unit to dispense a liquidtherefrom in response to being depressed against the external surface.